{"id":55677,"date":"2026-08-08T17:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/road-traffic-legislation-update-august-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:30:53","slug":"road-traffic-legislation-update-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/road-traffic-legislation-update-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Traffic Legislation Update August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AARTO Regulations, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Transport has published the AARTO Regulations in terms of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act, 1998 and the AARTO Amendment Act, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Regulations replace the 2008 Regulations that have been applicable in Tshwane and Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>These Regulations now apply in the 62 municipalities listed in the proclamations published on 29 June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Government Gazette No.: 54922<\/p>\n<p>Publication Date: 30 June 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Gazette (approximately 57 MB) can be downloaded from the Government Printing Works website: https:\/\/www.gpwonline.co.za\/government-gazettes-4\/<\/p>\n<p>Driving Licence Card Validity<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Transport has also announced that the validity period of driving licence cards will be extended as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Code A1, A, B and EB: 10 years (previously 5 years)<\/p>\n<p>Code C1, C, EC1 and EC: Remains valid for 5 years<\/p>\n<p>Professional Driving Permit (PrDP): Remains valid for 2 years<\/p>\n<p>Please note that this&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78226&#038;page=road-traffic-legislation-update-august-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AARTO Regulations, 2026 The Minister of Transport has published the AARTO Regulations in terms of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act, 1998 and the AARTO Amendment Act, 2019. The 2026 Regulations replace the 2008 Regulations that have been applicable in Tshwane and Johannesburg. These Regulations now apply in the 62 municipalities listed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}